TY - JOUR AU - Xiao, Xiong AU - Liao, Qiaohong AU - Kenward, Michael G. AU - Zheng, Yaming AU - Huang, Jiao AU - Yin, Fei AU - Yu, Hongjie AU - Li, Xiaosong PY - 2016 DA - 2016/10/21 TI - Comparisons between mild and severe cases of hand, foot and mouth disease in temporal trends: a comparative time series study from mainland China JO - BMC Public Health SP - 1109 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Over recent decades, hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) has emerged as a serious public health threat in the Asia-Pacific region because of its high rates of severe complications. Understanding the differences and similarities between mild and severe cases can be helpful in the control of HFMD. In this study, we compared the two types of HFMD cases in their temporal trends. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3762-x DO - 10.1186/s12889-016-3762-x ID - Xiao2016 ER -